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Iolaus nolaensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Iolaus

Similar
  
Iolaus iulus, Iolaus mimosae, Iolaus

Iolaus nolaensis is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

The larvae feed on the Agelanthus species A. subulatus, A. sansibarensis, A. tanganyikae and A. scassellatii.

Subspecies

  • Iolaus nolaensis nolaensis (Republic of the Congo: Haute Sangha)
  • Iolaus nolaensis amanica (Stempffer, 1951) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains, Zambia)
  • References

    Iolaus nolaensis Wikipedia